2012–13 Newport County A.F.C. season

Welsh association football club season October 2020 Newport County 2012–13 Justin Edinburgh Chris Blight (until 19 July 2012)Les Scadding (from 23 August 2012) Conference National 3rd (promoted via play-offs) FA Cup Fourth qualifying round FA Trophy First round Aaron O'Connor (19) Aaron O'Connor (21) Rodney Parade 6,615 vs Grimsby Town (28 April 2013) 1,479 vs Gateshead (1 December 2012) 2,547 2011–12 2013–14 _newport1213h _newport1213h _newport1314t febd11 febd11 febd11 000000 000000 _newport1213a _newport1213a _newport1213a FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 The 2012–13 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Conference National and 92nd season of league football overall. The season marked the return of association football to Rodney Parade for the first time in 72 years.http://www.newport-county.co.uk/fixtures/yes/page97.html Newport County 2–0 Bristol Rovers Newport County A.F.C. 24 July 2012 27 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121009044832/http://newport-county.co.uk/fixtures/yes/page97.html 9 October 2012 dead The club celebrated its centenary in the 2012–13 season by winning promotion to Football League Two after a 25-year absence.http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=whatson.eventDetails&whatsonid=225663 Newport Museum & Art Gallery Exhibition: Newport County AFC – 100 Years of Football Newport City Councilhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22335600 Wrexham 0–2 Newport BBC Sport 5 May 2013 Season review Introduction thumb|Rodney Parade In May 2012, Newport County announced that they had agreed a deal to move to the city's rugby stadium, Rodney Parade.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18286818 BBC Sport Newport County move to the Dragon's lair at Rodney Parade 1 June 2012 In August 2012 EuroMillions lottery winner Les Scadding succeeded Chris Blight as club Chairman.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19043327 Millionaire Les Scadding takes over as Newport County chairman BBC Sport In February 2013 a further 10-year lease to play at Rodney Parade was signed.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21607160 Newport County extend Rodney Parade stay BBC Sport The centenary 2012–13 season saw Newport County finish third in the Conference Premier league, reaching the play-offs for the first time. A 2–0 aggregate win over Grimsby Town in the two-legged play-off semi-final saw Newport County reach the 2013 Conference Premier play-off final at Wembley Stadium. The final versus Wrexham was the first Wembley final to feature two Welsh teams, and Newport County won 2–0 to return to the Football League after a 25-year absence with promotion to League Two. Dewi Hughes Wrexham 0–2 Newport https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22335600 BBC Sport 5 May 2013 5 May 2013 County were awarded Freedom of the City of Newport on 17 August 2013 in recognition of this achievement.http://www.newport.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/press_release/cont715426.pdf Newport County AFC awarded freedom of the city Newport City Council 17 August 2013 19 May 2016 6 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200406180156/http://www.newport.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/press_release/cont715426.pdf dead League 2012 The season started away to promotion hopefuls Mansfield Town. County were 2–0 up within 13 minutes, but found themselves level at 2–2 five minutes into the second half. Eventually winning 4–3 County were 3rd in the table.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19123976 Mansfield 3–4 Newport BBC Sport 11 August 2012 After a 4–0 home win to Nuneaton Townhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19159888 Newport 4–0 Nuneaton BBC Sport 14 August 2012 County were top of the table and stayed there during a run of five consecutive wins culminating in a 2–0 home victory to local rivals Hereford Unitedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19352841 Newport 2–0 Hereford BBC Sport 28 August 2012 — their first visit to Newport since the Welsh Cup clash in 1989. County were now the only team in the division with a 100% record.http://www.footballconference.co.uk/news/details.php?news_id=7833 Five-star County land award for boss Edinburgh Football Conference 29 August 2012 9 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225710/http://www.footballconference.co.uk/news/details.php?news_id=7833 3 March 2016 dead However, following defeats to 10th-placed Wrexhamhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19378229 Wrexham 2–0 Newport BBC Sport 1 September 2012 and 12th-placed Dartfordhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19394742 Dartford 2–1 Newport BBC Sport 4 September 2012 County were back in 3rd place, but the next three games were won and County were back to the top. Following a 0–0 draw with Grimsby Town County were temporarily down to 2nd,https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19684043 Newport 0–0 Grimsby BBC Sport 29 September 2012 but were back at the top after the next six games. Following a shock home defeat to second-bottom Hydehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20278586 Newport 1–3 Hyde BBC Sport 17 November 2012 County were down to 2nd on goal difference, but back on top the following game after a 3–1 home win against Gateshead.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20503508 Newport 3–1 Gateshead BBC Sport 1 December 2012 Despite leading Kidderminster Harriers 2–1 in the next game County lost 3–2 and they were back to 3rd.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20565010 Kidderminster 3–2 Newport BBC Sport 8 December 2012 The home match with Luton Town was won 5–2, taking County back to the top of the table. The last game of 2012 was won away at Forest Green Rovers, but with Grimsby Town having played an extra game County finished the year in 2nd place.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20779115 Forest Green 1–2 Newport BBC Sport 26 December 2012 2013 The first fixture of the new year was the home visit of Forest Green Rovers. County were decisively beaten 5–0 and dropped to 3rd in the table as a result.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20841217 Newport 0–5 Forest Green BBC Sport 1 January 2013 The next match at home to Wrexham ended in a 1–1 draw, which was enough to put Wrexham top of the table, with County staying 3rd, one point behind.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20856272 Newport 1–1 Wrexham BBC Sport 4 January 2013 County rose to 2nd in the table following the 4–2 away win at Lincoln City, with débutant Robbie Willmott scoring a brace.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20919185 Lincoln 2–4 Newport BBC Sport 12 January 2013 With momentum in their favour County were desperate to get the home match with bottom-placed Barrow on, but the Rodney Parade pitch was under several feet of snow on the morning of 19 January. Over 120 fans helped to clear the pitch but County went on to lose 2–0.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21332783 Newport 0–2 Barrow BBC Sport 19 January 2013 Following that setback, Newport then went on a seven-match unbeaten run, including completing the double over Mansfield Townhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20996767 Newport 2–0 Mansfield BBC Sport 12 February 2013 and Hereford United in the process. The Hereford match being particularly notable for the award of three penalties to Hereford, two of which were scored.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21583914 Hereford 2–3 Newport BBC Sport 5 March 2013 In the following match a 90th-minute winner for Kidderminster Harriers resulted in them being the only team to complete double victories over County and move into top place in the table as a result.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21751404 Newport 1–2 Kidderminster BBC Sport 19 March 2013 The next game resulted in a second consecutive County defeat away at Stockport County — Stockport winning 1–0 as a result of a Lee Minshull own goal.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21811754 Stockport 1–0 Newport BBC Sport 23 March 2013 County now faced the prospect of the remaining 10 matches in just 26 days. However they went on another unbeaten run, winning at Southport three days later,https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21840327 Southport 0–2 Newport BBC Sport 26 March 2013 followed by a 0–0 away draw with Gateshead two days after that. The Gateshead match was played at Boston United's York Street ground with the match having been postponed on four previous occasions.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21885716 Gateshead 0–0 Newport BBC Sport 28 March 2013 A further 0–0 draw was played out with Dartford just two days later.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21909177 Newport 0–0 Dartford BBC Sport 30 March 2013 Newport got back to winning ways with their second victory over Nuneaton Town two days after that.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21921276 Nuneaton 1–2 Newport BBC Sport 1 April 2013 Following a 0–0 away draw with Cambridge Unitedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21973205 Cambridge 0–0 Newport BBC Sport 5 April 2013 a place in the play-offs was secured with a 1–0 home victory over Braintree Town which also represented the seventh double of the season.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21999106 Newport 1–0 Braintree BBC Sport 9 April 2013 Newport finished their home season with victories over Macclesfield Townhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22023524 Newport 4–1 Macclesfield BBC Sport 11 April 2013 and Alfreton Town, the latter of which was played in torrential rain with large pools of standing water.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22049741 Newport 2–0 Alfreton BBC Sport 13 April 2013 The penultimate game of the season was a 2–2 away draw with Luton Townhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22075577 Luton 2–2 Newport BBC Sport 16 April 2013 with the final game against fellow play-off contenders Grimsby Town. County manager Justin Edinburgh fielded a much-changed side, resting many first-team players ahead of the play-off matches. As a result, County lost 3–0 and set up a semi-final first leg back at Blundell Park four days later.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22133183 Grimsby 3–0 Newport BBC Sport 20 April 2013 Play-offs The County team that lined up against Grimsby in the semi-final first leg contained seven changes from the team that had played in the last league game. Grimsby, who boasted the best defensive record in the division, made only three changes. In a vastly different affair to the league game, County triumphed 1–0 as a result of an Ismail Yakubu header in the 89th minute.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22247096 Grimsby 0–1 Newport BBC Sport 24 April 2013 As the second of the two semi-final second legs played County already knew that their potential opponents in the final would be Wrexham who had beaten Kidderminster Harriers 5–2 on aggregate. Taking the 1–0 lead into the home game County would only need a draw to make it to Wembley. However, in front of a Rodney Parade record crowd Christian Jolley scored the only goal of the game to make it 2–0 on aggregate and book County's place in the final.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22247137 Newport 1–0 Grimsby BBC Sport 28 April 2013 In order to win the final and promotion County needed to beat Wrexham, something which they had failed to do on each of their previous six Conference meetings. The game was billed as a battle between the league's best midfield against the most potent strike force. Wrexham's midfielders had shut out the County attack for 86 minutes, until Wrexham's David Artell got his head to a ball over the top but couldn't deal with it completely and Christian Jolley latched on to it and lifted the ball over Chris Maxwell to give County the late advantage. As Wrexham pushed for a leveller they were caught on the counter-attack in injury time and their fate was sealed. Aaron O'Connor hammered the ball into the roof of the net, at the second attempt, after his initial effort was saved by Maxwell, to prompt wild celebrations from the County players, management and fans.http://www.football-league.co.uk/league2/news/20130505/newport-promoted-to-the-league_2293326_3165997 Newport promoted to The League The Football League 5 May 2013 7 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130510030531/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league2/news/20130505/newport-promoted-to-the-league_2293326_3165997 10 May 2013 dead thumb|center|600px|Newport County win the Conference National play-off winners' trophy at Wembley Results summary 13 5 5 43 27 12 5 6 42 33 20 April 2013 April 2013 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/A/A/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/A Result W/W/W/W/W/L/L/D/W/W/W/D/W/W/D/L/W/L/L/W/L/W/W/L/D/W/L/D/W/W/W/W/W/D/L/L/W/D/D/W/D/W/W/W/D/L Position 3/1/1/1/1/1/3/4/1/1/1/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/2/1/3/1/2/3/3/2/2/5/4/4/3/4/3/4/4/4/4/4/4/3/4/4/3/3/3/3 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st blue1 red1 20 April 2013 statto.com April 2013 Cup FA Cup County were drawn away to Yate Town of the Southern League Division One South & West. When the match was played County were the highest-placed club left in the competition and Yate the lowest. Despite taking the lead as early as the 6th minute, County found themselves 3–1 down by the 69th. With two minutes of time remaining Aaron O'Connor scored County's second and Tony James the equaliser in the 4th minute of injury time to force a replay at Rodney Parade.http://www.newport-county.co.uk/index.php?cat=report&id=150 Yate Town 3–3 Newport County Newport County A.F.C. 20 October 2012 The replay began in a similar fashion with O'Connor opening the scoring in the 43rd minute for County to lead 1–0 at half time. On 65 minutes David Pipe was sent off for a second yellow card and minutes later the visitors were awarded and scored a soft penalty. This tied the score at 1–1 and extra time was needed. With two late goals Yate progressed into the First Round proper.http://www.newport-county.co.uk/index.php?cat=report&id=151 Newport County 1–3 Yate Town Newport County A.F.C. 23 October 2012 FA Trophy There was no repeat of the previous season's Wembley final for County as they lost their First Round FA Trophy match 0–2 away to Conference South Welling United. Welling themselves went on to become champions of Conference South.http://www.newport-county.co.uk/index.php?cat=report&id=152 Welling United 2–0 Newport County Newport County A.F.C. 24 November 2012 Squad statistics (Substitute appearances in brackets) No.Pos.NameLeagueCupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals21DFWAL Byron Anthony19 (2)31 (0)020 (2)328DFENG Michael Boateng3 (0)00 (0)03 (0)011FWENG Ryan Charles2 (8)10 (2)02 (10)19FWENG Danny Crow20 (5)30 (0)020 (5)326MFENG Scott Donnelly16 (2)10 (0)016 (2)116MFWAL Lee Evans18 (4)32 (0)020 (4)334FWENG Will Evans3 (3)00 (0)03 (3)017MFWAL Michael Flynn28 (10)21 (0)029 (10)230MFENG Alex Gilbey4 (1)00 (0)04 (1)027FWWAL Rhys Griffiths4 (6)00 (0)04 (6)015FWENG Jake Harris0 (5)00 (2)00 (7)03DFWAL Andrew Hughes18 (8)00 (1)018 (9)05DFWAL Tony James41 (0)23 (0)144 (0)323FWENG Christian Jolley22 (2)141 (0)020 (2)141GKNIR Alan Julian10 (1)01 (0)011 (1)010FWDMA Jefferson Louis11 (6)22 (0)113 (6)38MFENG Lee Minshull28 (7)63 (0)031 (7)67FWENG Aaron O'Connor36 (3)183 (0)239 (3)2022GKWAL Joe Perry0 (0)00 (0)00 (0)040GKENG Lenny Pidgeley36 (0)02 (0)038 (0)02DFWAL David Pipe41 (0)01 (0)042 (0)04MFENG Max Porter26 (0)13 (0)029 (0)113DFENG Andy Sandell42 (0)93 (0)045 (0)920FWENG Michael Smith9 (0)41 (0)010 (0)412MFWAL Ben Swallow7 (13)23 (0)010 (13)214MFTRI Jake Thomson12 (10)02 (0)014 (10)025FWNIR Conor Washington5 (9)10 (0)05 (9)124FWENG Robbie Willmott10 (9)60 (0)010 (9)66DFENG Ismail Yakubu35 (1)51 (0)036 (1)5 Transfers In Date Pos. Name From Fee3 June 2012GKNIR Alan JulianStevenageFree11 June 2012MFTRI Jake ThomsonForest Green RoversFree11 June 2012FWDMA Jefferson LouisLincoln CityFree13 June 2012DFWAL Tony JamesBurton AlbionFree19 June 2012FWENG Danny CrowLuton TownFree25 July 2012FWENG Aaron O'ConnorLuton TownFree26 July 2012MFWAL Michael FlynnBradford CityFree30 July 2012GKENG Lenny PidgeleyExeter CityFree1 September 2012FWNIR Conor WashingtonSt Neots TownUndisclosed15 November 2012DFWAL Byron AnthonyHereford UnitedFree10 January 2013FWENG Robbie WillmottCambridge UnitedUndisclosed11 January 2013FWENG Christian JolleyAFC WimbledonUndisclosed31 January 2013MFENG Scott DonnellyFarnboroughUndisclosed14 February 2013FWWAL Rhys GriffithsUnattachedFree19 March 2013DFENG Michael BoatengSutton UnitedFree Out Date Pos. Name To Fee15 May 2012GKENG Glyn ThompsonReleased15 May 2012DFENG Lee BakerReleased15 May 2012FWENG Elliott BuchananReleased16 May 2012MFENG Darryl KnightsReleased16 May 2012MFWAL Troy GreeningReleased16 May 2012MFFRA Guillaume VelezReleased16 May 2012DFENG Paul RodgersReleased29 May 2012FWENG Sam FoleyYeovil TownNone3 June 2012DFENG Gary WarrenInverness Caledonian ThistleNone27 June 2012FWSCO Craig McAllisterEastleighNone31 Oct 2012MFWAL Kris FieldenReleased31 Oct 2012DFENG Mark CooperReleased31 January 2013MFWAL Lee EvansWolverhampton WanderersUndisclosed31 January 2013FWDMA Jefferson LouisWhitehawkNone5 February 2013FWENG Ryan CharlesReleased1 May 2013DFENG Michael BoatengReleased1 May 2013FWENG Jake HarrisReleased1 May 2013GKWAL Joe PerryReleased10 May 2013MFTRI Jake ThomsonReleased10 May 2013GKNIR Alan JulianReleased10 May 2013MFENG Scott DonnellyReleased10 May 2013MFWAL Ben SwallowReleased Loans in Date Pos. Name From Expiry5 November 2012FWENG Michael SmithCharlton Athletic4 January 201315 November 2012FWENG Christian JolleyAFC Wimbledon12 January 201331 January 2013FWENG Will EvansHereford United1 May 201327 March 2013MFENG Alex GilbeyColchester United6 May 2013 Loans out Date Pos. Name To Expiry5 October 2012DFENG Mark CooperFrome Town5 November 201222 November 2012FWDMA Jefferson LouisWhitehawk1 January 20132 January 2013MFTRI Jake ThomsonLincoln City31 January 2013 Fixtures and results Pre-season friendlies DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceNotesFri 6 Jul 2012Undy AthleticPlaying Fields1–3Hughes Fri 13 Jul 2012Moreton RangersLondon Road1–1J. Jones Sat 14 Jul 2012Evesham UnitedJubilee Stadium3–0Harris, Sandell, Louis Carl Lewis Memorial TrophySat 21 Jul 2012Carmarthen TownRichmond Park1–3Harris Tue 24 Jul 2012Bristol RoversRodney Parade2–0Louis, Fielden1,549Fri 27 Jul 2012Merthyr TownRodney Parade2–2Louis, Harris701Tue 31 Jul 2012Swansea CityRodney Parade2–2O'Connor, Louis891Fri 3 Aug 2012Yeovil TownRodney Parade1–3Sandell729 Conference National 2012–13 Football Conference#Conference National 11 August 2012 1 15:00 Mansfield Town 3–4 ReportReportReport Newport County Speight 48Green 50Speight 89 Yakubu 10James 13O'Connor 56Louis 66 Field Mill Mansfield 2,924 Chris Kavanagh W 14 August 2012 2 19:45 Newport County 4–0 ReportReportReport Nuneaton Town O'Connor 13 52Louis 20Evans 86 Rodney Parade Newport 2,646 Brett Huxtable W 18 August 2012 3 15:00 Newport County 2–1 ReportReportReport Lincoln City O'Connor 7 27 Taylor 51 Rodney Parade Newport 3,024 Lee Swabey W 25 August 2012 4 15:00 Braintree Town 1–2 Newport County Quinton 53 Porter 69Yakubu 84 Cressing Road Braintree 611 Dean Treleaven W 28 August 2012 5 19:45 Newport County 2–0 Hereford United Sandell 75O'Connor 90 Rodney Parade Newport 4,365 Graham Horwood W 1 September 2012 6 13:00 Wrexham 2–0 Newport County Cieslewicz 24Wright 82 Racecourse Ground Wrexham 3,820 W Barratt L 4 September 2012 7 19:45 Dartford 2–1 Newport County Crawford 49Rose 90 O'Connor 54 Princes Park Dartford 1,446 Bull L 8 September 2012 8 15:00 Newport County 0–0 Stockport County Rodney Parade Newport 2,306 C. Breakspear D 15 September 2012 9 16:15 Barrow 0–3 Newport County Evans 44Crow 70 77 Holker Street Barrow-in-Furness 802 B. Toner W 22 September 2012 10 15:00 Newport County 2–1 Southport O'Connor 76Swallow 90 Lever 18 pen. Rodney Parade Newport 2,802 Bromley W 25 September 2012 11 19:45 Telford United 2–4 Newport County St Aimie 27James 81 o.g. O'Connor 45Preston 49 o.g.Yakubu 72Sandell 78 New Bucks Head Telford 1,503 K. Johnson W 29 September 2012 12 15:00 Newport County 0–0 Grimsby Town Rodney Parade Newport 2,968 C. Knowles D 6 October 2012 13 15:00 Tamworth 1–2 Newport County Cunnington 61 Yakubu 45+4O'Connor 63 The Lamb Ground Tamworth 1,201 N. Kinsley W 9 October 2012 14 19:45 Newport County 1–0 Ebbsfleet United Yakubu 30 Rodney Parade Newport 2,453 P. Bankes W 13 October 2012 15 12:30 Macclesfield Town 1–1 Newport County Barnes-Homer 81 James 43 Moss Rose Macclesfield 1,544 D. Handley D 27 October 2012 16 15:00 Newport County 2–3 Woking Sandell 45Flynn 89 Betsy 6 15Bubb 67 Rodney Parade Newport 2,088 B. Huxtable L 6 November 2012 17 19:45 Newport County 6–2 Cambridge United Minshull 16Flynn 17Sandell 30O'Connor 62 70Smith 90 Elliott 28Berry 69 Rodney Parade Newport 1,787 R. Whitton W 9 November 2012 18 19:45 Alfreton Town 4–3 Newport County Arnold 6Clayton 17 70Bradley 45 pen Smith 35O'Connor 60 89 North Street Alfreton 663 W. Barratt L 17 November 2012 19 15:00 Newport County 1–3 Hyde Jolley 55 Jevons 29 pen.Ashworth 76Spencer 90 Rodney Parade Newport 2,096 L. Swabey L 1 December 2012 20 12:30 Newport County 3–1 Gateshead Jolley 38 56Smith 53 Odubade 70 Rodney Parade Newport 1,479 R. Martin W 8 December 2012 21 15:00 Kidderminster Harriers 3–2 Newport County Matt 23 58 78 Smith 31Evans 37 Aggborough Stadium Kidderminster 1,951 N. Kinseley L 11 December 2012 22 19:45 Newport County 5–2 Luton Town O'Connor 12Jolley 23 67Henry 38 o.g.Sandell 64 Gray 16Shaw 61 Rodney Parade Newport 2,247 R. Whitton W 26 December 2012 23 13:00 Forest Green Rovers 1–2 Newport County Brogan 47 Swallow 70Charles 74 The New Lawn Nailsworth 2,332 W. Barratt W 1 January 2013 24 13:00 Newport County 0–5 Forest Green Rovers Norwood 38 68 78Klukowski 45Styche 74 Rodney Parade Newport 2,787 G. Horwood L 4 January 2013 25 19:45 Newport County 1–1 Wrexham Porter 56 Wright 34 Rodney Parade Newport 3,627 Evans D 12 January 2013 26 15:00 Lincoln City 2–4 Newport County Oliver 44Bush 78 O'Connor 22 37Willmott 40 45 Sincil Bank Lincoln 1,970 D. Handley W 19 January 2013 27 15:00 Newport County 0–2 Barrow Flynn 41Rowe 68 Rodney Parade Newport 2,107 L. Swabey L 9 February 2013 28 15:00 Newport County 2–2 Tamworth Donnelly 1Anthony 26 Hendrie 74Cunnington 90+4 pen. Rodney Parade Newport 1,712 K. Johnson D 12 February 2013 29 19:45 Newport County 2–0 Mansfield Town Sandell 66 pen.Jolley 78 Rodney Parade Newport 1,902 C. Breakspear W 16 February 2013 30 15:00 Woking 1–3 Newport County Gavin McCallum 90+1 Minshull 19 34Anthony 37 Kingfield Stadium Woking 2,116 W. Barratt W 23 February 2013 31 15:00 Newport County 2–1 Telford United Jolley 55Crow 75 Trainer 90+1 Rodney Parade Newport 1,761 L. Swabey W 2 March 2013 32 15:00 Hyde 0–1 Newport County Jolley 10 Ewen Fields Hyde 640 G. Horwood W 5 March 2013 33 19:45 Hereford United 2–3 Newport County O'Keefe 42 pen. 75 pen. Minshull 72 81Willmott 90+3 Edgar Street Hereford 2,519 R. Whitton W 9 March 2013 34 15:00 Ebbsfleet United 1–1 Newport County Enver-Marum 55 Minshull 44 Stonebridge Road Northfleet 808 Breakspear D 19 March 2013 35 19:45 Newport County 1–2 Kidderminster Harriers Sandell 30 Gash 27Dunkley 90+2 Rodney Parade Newport 2,652 N. Kingsley L 23 March 2013 36 15:00 Stockport County 1–0 Newport County Minshull 60 o.g. Edgeley Park Stockport 3,154 Barrett L 26 March 2013 37 19:45 Southport 0–2 Newport County O'Connor 10Jolley 34 Haig Avenue Southport 606 S. Stockbridge W 28 March 2013 38 19:45 Gateshead 0–0 Newport County York Street Boston 227 Ford D 30 March 2013 39 15:00 Newport County 0–0 Dartford Rodney Parade Newport 2,111 Horwood D 1 April 2013 40 15:00 Nuneaton Town 1–2 Newport County Forsdick 15 Willmott 58Armson 77 o.g. Liberty Way Nuneaton 1,068 Handley W 5 April 2013 41 19:45 Cambridge United 0–0 Newport County Abbey Stadium Cambridge 2,012 Whitton D 9 April 2013 42 19:45 Newport County 1–0 Braintree Town Washington 48 Rodney Parade Newport 1,864 Breakspear W 11 April 2013 43 19:45 Newport County 4–1 Macclesfield Town Jolley 24Sandell 41 pen.Willmott 45 65 Burgess 3 Rodney Parade Newport 1,606 Huxtable W 13 April 2013 44 15:00 Newport County 2–0 Alfreton Town Jolley 45Anthony 67 Rodney Parade Newport 2,138 Johnson W 16 April 2013 45 19:45 Luton Town 2–2 Newport County Gray 12 79 Jolley 52 84 Kenilworth Road Luton 5,125 Bull D 20 April 2013 46 17:15 Grimsby Town 3–0 Newport County Devitt 18Thanoj 24Hearn 44 Blundell Park Cleethorpes 4,555 Ford L Play-offs 1st Leg 24 April 2013 19:45 Grimsby Town 0–1 Report Newport County Yakubu 89 Blundell Park Cleethorpes 5,414 Graham Horwood W 2nd Leg 28 April 2013 16:30 Newport County 1–0 2–0 Report Grimsby Town Jolley 31 Rodney Parade Newport 6,615 Kinsley W Final 5 May 2013 15:00 BST Wrexham 0–2 ReportReportReportReportReportReportReport Newport County Jolley 86O'Connor 90+4 Wembley Stadium, London 16,346 Michael Bull _swindon1112h _swindon1112h _swindon1112h _red_stripes_adidas _color_3_stripes_white FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Wrexham _newport1213h _newport1213h _newport1314t febd11 febd11 febd11 000000 000000 Newport County GK 24 WAL Chris MaxwellRB 2 ENG Stephen WrightCB 32ENG David ArtellCB 6ENG Martin RileyLB 3 ENG Neil AshtonRM 8ENG Jay Harris 89CM 12 ENG Dean Keates (C) 80CM 14 ENG Joe ClarkeLM 16 ENG Johnny HuntCF 10ENG Brett Ormerod 64CF 11 ENG Andy Morrell 69Substitutes:GK 13 ENG Andy CoughlinDF 23ENG Chris WestwoodMF 17 ENG Glen Little 80FW 7POL Adrian Cieslewicz 69FW 31NGR Dele Adebola 89Manager:ENG Andy Morrell GK 40 ENG Lenny PidgeleyCB 5WAL Tony JamesCB 6 ENG Ismail YakubuCB 21 WAL Byron AnthonyRM 2WAL David Pipe (C)CM 8ENG Lee MinshullCM 30ENG Alex Gilbey 79CM 17WAL Michael Flynn 74LM 13 ENG Andy SandellCF 23ENG Christian JolleyCF 9 ENG Danny Crow 63Substitutes:GK 1NIR Alan JulianDF 3WAL Andrew HughesMF 26ENG Scott Donnelly 74FW 7ENG Aaron O'Connor 63FW 24ENG Robbie WillmottManager:ENG Justin Edinburgh MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Five named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions. FA Cup 2012–13 FA Cup 20 October 2012 4Q 15:00 Yate Town 3–3 Newport County Knighton 50Page 54Groves 69 Louis 6O'Connor 89James 90+3 Lodge Road Yate 1,190 M. Bull D 23 October 2012 4QR 19:45 Newport County 1–3 yes Yate Town O'Connor 43Pipe 2 36 65Pidgeley 71Evans 101 Page 44Knighton 71 pen.Wring 85 Thomas 110Groves 115 Rodney Parade Newport 1,463 P. Rees L FA Trophy 2012–13 FA Trophy 24 November 2012 1 15:00 Welling United 2–0 Newport County Healy 37Martin 58 Park View Road Welling 482 Chris Powell L League table PosTeamPldWDLFAGDPtsNotes1Mansfield Town46305119252+4095Champions, promoted2Kidderminster Harriers4628998240+4293Play-offs3Newport County462510118560+2585Play-off winners, promoted4Grimsby Town46231497038+3283Play-offs5Wrexham462214107445+2980Play-offs6Hereford United461913147363+10707Luton Town461813157062+8678Dartford46199186763+4669Braintree Town46199186372−96610Forest Green Rovers461811176349+146511Macclesfield Town461712176570−56312Woking46188207381−86213Alfreton Town461612186974−56014Cambridge United461514176869−15915Nuneaton Town461415175563−85716Lincoln City461511206673−75617Gateshead461316175861−35518Hyde46167236375−125519Tamworth461510215569−145520Southport461412207286−145421Stockport County461311225780−2350Relegated22Barrow461113224583−3846Relegated23Ebbsfleet United46815235589−3439Relegated24Telford United46617235279−2735Relegated Key Division Champions Promoted Into play-offs Relegated External links Newport County AFC 2012-2013 : Results Newport County's results from season 2012/2013 References 2012-13 Category:2012–13 Football Conference by team Category:Welsh football clubs 2012–13 season